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Regional Prevention Council Applications

Background

Since its creation in 1984, the Ohio Children's Trust Fund (OCTF) has funded primary and secondary prevention strategies conducted at the local level, in addition to initiatives and projects of statewide significance, which are all designed to strengthen families and prevent child abuse and child neglect. Primary prevention is defined as services and programs that promote the general welfare of all children and families before abuse or neglect occurs and are accessible to everyone in the community. Secondary prevention programs are activities and services that are provided to a specific population identified as having risk factors for child abuse and child neglect and are designed to intervene at the earliest warning signs of child abuse or child neglect, or whenever a child can be identified as being at risk for abuse or neglect.

Starting in State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2016, local trust fund prevention efforts were shifted to a regional model and are now led by Regional Prevention Councils. Each council is directed by a regional prevention coordinator in partnership with county prevention specialists. Together, the regional prevention coordinator and county prevention specialists conduct a comprehensive needs assessment and create a regional prevention plan for their region. After receiving OCTF Board approval of the regional prevention plan, each regional prevention coordinator may contract with local service providers to serve families in the region and ensure that the plan is implemented correctly and that all progress is measured and reported.

Please click on the link below for the regional council for which you are applying:

The Voinovich School of Leadership and
Public Affairs at Ohio University is the Regional Prevention Coordinator of the
Southeast Ohio Regional Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Council, which
serves 13 counties.

The Southeast
Council is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit proposals
for child abuse and neglect prevention services in the region. The Council is seeking proposals for one or
more of the following programs to address its regional prevention plan strategy
to strengthen parenting skills to promote children’s healthy social and emotional development:

Proposals for the
programming listed above are sought to be provided to the following counties that
comprise the Southeast Region of Ohio: Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson,
Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Vinton and Washington
Counties.

Proposals are due by 2:00 P.M. on
Thursday, August 23, 2018, to the Ohio University Sourcing Portal.

Interested applicants should visit the Ohio
University Sourcing Portal to learn more about this opportunity and how to
apply for funding at the link below.

Select “Current Bid Opportunities”
(green arrow) to view. In order to submit a bid, you must be registered as a
supplier. Click on the “Supplier Registration” link (red arrow) and follow the
instructions. You can click on the “How to Register Tutorial” (orange arrow)
for further instructions to register. For a visual aid, click here.

Should you have questions, please submit them to Tim
Yake, Procurement Commodity Manager at yake@ohio.edu or
through the Portal by Monday, August 6, 2018.